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FORMBY110739827 June 2012 Vol 19 • Issue 26www.champnews.comInside · Letters 12 · Crossword 18WIN tickets tosee STEPS!Honour forFormby man‘WE DON’TCaroline McGee and Rob Pritchard with three–year–old DylanMarshall in front of a mural in the conference room. Code NANew recruits for fire service!CHILDREN certainly had fire intheir bellies when they weregiven a hands–on exclusive touraround the new FormbyCommunity Fire Station thisweek. The building is part of a£47million project that will see16 new fire stations built acrossthe North West.Children met local firefightersand had the chance to go on theMerseyside Fire and RescueService climbing wall.See inside for details.WANT PAYINCREASE’Councillors refuse 67% rise in allowancesReport by Stephanie O’ConnorFORMBY councillor Catie Page willnot receive a staggering 67% rise inher allowances after a new proposedpay scheme was rejected by electedmembers.As reported on the front of lastweek’s Champion, the borough’sIndependent Remuneration Panelhad put forward plans to “simplify”Sefton Council’s Members’ AllowanceScheme with a new three–bandSpecial Responsibility Allowance(SRA) system.Under the new scheme though,Councillor Page, who is the chair ofthe health and social care overviewand scrutiny committee and the chairof the audit committee, would gofrom receiving a total of £12,780 to£21,300.The Labour cabinet members calledfor the allowances to be frozen at lastyear’s levels.Catie Page1110188